Re:Why Are Politicians So Obsessed with Manufacturing?
by dagw on Thursday October 06, 2016 @05:26AM
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Whereas service jobs seem more finite.
Not sure I agree. At the moment, I'm buying all the goods I reasonably want. Sure I might want to replace some of my cheap goods with expensive goods or some of my old goods new goods, but on the whole I don't really want to consume more goods.
On the other hand, I can easily think of dozens of services I would either start consuming, or would consume a lot more of, if they existed at an acceptable convenience and price point. The problem, as I can tell from my phrasing, is creating service jobs at a salary level that people can live on.
Not sure I agree. At the moment, I'm buying all the goods I reasonably want. Sure I might want to replace some of my cheap goods with expensive goods or some of my old goods new goods, but on the whole I don't really want to consume more goods.
On the other hand, I can easily think of dozens of services I would either start consuming, or would consume a lot more of, if they existed at an acceptable convenience and price point. The problem, as I can tell from my phrasing, is creating service jobs at a salary level that people can live on.